2025-08-31-accounts - Widecombe Pre School & Toddlers

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01 Sept 2024 31 Aug 2025 To

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Widecombe Pre-School & Toddlers

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any)1036370

Charity's principal address Church House, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Newton Abbot

Devon Postcode TQ13 7TB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Rose Underhill	Chair
Rachel Arrowsmith- Brown	Secretary
Judith Southcombe	Treasurer
Jess Steer	Vice chair
Hannah Fursdon	Committee Member
Luke Fursdon	Committee Member	Resigned 1/9/2025
Jennifer Taylor	Committee Member
Stephanie Kent	Committee Member
George Wyn-Page	Committee Member

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Pre-School Learning Alliance Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charity How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by vote at committee AGM Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

The committee of Widecombe Pre-School ensures that the operation of the You may choose to include charity is in accordance with the policies and procedures recommended by additional information, where the Pre-school Learning Alliance (PLA). Membership of the PLA also relevant, about: includes insurance cover ,human resources protocols, legal advice and • policies and procedures curriculum support. adopted for the induction and The committee’s ongoing structural organisation and child-focused learning goals are regulated by OFSTED and supported by Devon County Council training of trustees; Early Years Team.

the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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The aims of the Pre-school are to enhance the development and education of children primarily under statuary school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children through community groups and by; a) Offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups,together with the right of parents to take Summary of the objects of the responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such groups charity set out in its ,ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever governing document their race, culture, religion, means or ability; b) Encouraging the study of needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local area; c) Instigating and adhering to and furthering the aims and objectives of the PLA The Pre-school is open for 15 hours per week providing play, education and care for up to 20 under-fives. As it is based in a rural community the average number of children per term is 10 but this has the benefit of the children having higher staff to child ratios and enables the staff to be very child-led in their approach. As most families find themselves travelling some distance around the moor, we aim to provide a local childcare facility to assist those families in our area. The Pre-school accepts nursery DCC funding and so those wishing to return to work or are on low incomes in the local community are able to access our services and some children are eligible for 2gether funding. Summary of the main The Pre-school committee and parents take every opportunity to be activities undertaken for the involved in local events, usually in a fundraising capacity but nevertheless public benefit in relation to providing a service or entertaining during these times. Our members these objects (include within also contribute to the committee that governs the listed building we this section the statutory occupy and attends some meetings of the Parish Council. The Pre-school declaration that trustees have also enjoys an excellent relationship with the local primary school.The had regard to the guidance Parent and Toddler Group has unfortunately, been suspended for the issued by the Charity foreseeable future due to lack of support. Commission on public Committee members have had regard to the guidance issued by the benefit) Charity Commission on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

The committee and staff feel that all the aims and objectives in the Summary of the main constitution and prospectus have been met and in some areas enhanced achievements of the charity by further training and creativity of the staff. during the year As numbers can fluctuate, we must remain mindful of the financial position of the Preschool going into the future.

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Section E Financial review

Reserves Policy aims: Brief statement of the - To manage our fiances responsibly charity’s policy on reserves -To budget for predictable fluctuations in income and expenditure -To hold reserves to cover redundancy obligations, half a term’s running costs, pay in lieu of notice and holiday pay entitlement Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)

The Preschool’s reserve policy covers approximately £2,000 You may choose to include redundancy costs, holiday pay and pay in lieu £5,000 and other additional information, where running costs for 6 months £3,500 , this year we have approximately relevant about: £5,500 above this, but we are mindful that we need to keep a very • the charity’s principal close eye on this in the future. sources of funds (including any fundraising);

how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	Rose Underhill	Judith Southcombe Treasurer

	Chair
	25/06/2026
	25/06/2026

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Widecombe Pre-school & Toddlers On accounts for the year ended 31¢ August 2025 Charlty no lif any) 1036370 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the abov8 charity ('Ihe Trust.) for the year ended 3110812025. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of th8 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Diredions given by the Charity Commission under section 145151(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statsment I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in ¢onnedion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: 2210512026 Name: Marianne Barrett Rogers Relevant professlonal qualificationls) or body (if any): FCA Address: Ltjwer Buckland Lodge, Poundsgate, Newton Abbot TQ13 7NU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of COnrn (see CC32, Independent examination of chanty accounts: directions and guidan for examiners). IER October 2018

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALE5 Widecombe Preschool & Toddlers 1036370 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 0110912024 To 3110812025 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted funds funds to thÈ neatsst £ tothg neamst£ Endowment funds tothe n$arast£ Total funds Last year to tho nÈarost £ to the neaTe5t£ A1 Receipts Admin Fees Interest 130 13,624 1,677 1.486 DCC Donation Fundrai$ing Gift ld Grant mcellarEDUs Parent Fees SMP Recieim 1&111 1,732 111 1.732 30 4495 30 4,260 Sub total{(iross income for AR) 27.841 27.841 21.183 A2 Asset and investment sales. (see table). 27,841 A3 Payments Activilies Adverbsng Bank Charges Clolhing comput costs Donats'on EqulpmÈnVSupplS E%penses Claim5 Fundrdising HMRC 539 208 537 781 781 205 206 181 813 265 183 1,084 InsuraN Miscdlaneou5 pa1 Servi Petty Cash (including heat9) Post & Printng Professiotwl Fees Rent siationery Subscrplh)r Telephor Training Wages WKldytets 319 252 1.002 319 252 1.N12 234 1,759 1.746 1.746 133 24,S87 100 31,691 24608 65 31.609 24608 69 31.609 Sub total CCXX R1 attounts ss 2210512026

A4 Assot and Inveslmont puhas0$. Is90 tsblg) Total funds nts funds Lastyear 31.609 Net ofrecelpW(paynwnts) . A6 Tran5f8rs betwgtrn funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds thls year end 16.142 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds Restricted fund$ Endowment funds to nMr••t£ B1 Cash fund$ 1393 11.735 14 Total c•sh funds 16,142 Endowmgnt funds to neamt£ funds funds B2 Other rnonetary assets to CO lopti1 CuThentvalu• onall B3 Invostmant aS80ts Fund to whlch Cunvnt Yaluo loptionqll B4 Assets retained for the charlty's own u80 FurKI to whkh litibilky Vlh•n du• loptionall B5 Liabilities SignaturE Print Namo Date of roval Judy South(x)mbe 1110512026 Rose Underhill 11J05r2026 22ffj5Q026

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